Kazusa Province
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Kazusa Province was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. The province was located in the middle of the Bōsō Peninsula, whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Prov
Hiroshige ukiyo-e "Kazusa" in "The Famous Scenes of the Sixty States" (六十余州名所図会), depicting Kujūkuri Beach
Shimōsa Province
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Shimōsa Province was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture as well as the bordering parts of Saitama Prefecture and Tokyo. It lies to the north of the Bōsō
Kazusa Province
…province was located in the middle of the Bōsō Peninsula, whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Sōshū (総州) or Nansō (南総). The borders of Kazusa Province were defined by Shimōsa Province to the north, the…
Hiroshige's View of Kōnodai in Shimōsa-specifically, the then-village of Ichikawa, Chiba